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accusative , ac·cu·sa·tive / əˈkyoōzətiv/ Gram. • adj. relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives that expresses the object of an action or… ACCUSATION , ACCUSATION
A formal criminal charge against a person alleged to have committed an offense punishable by law, which is presented before a court or a m… referent power , referent power In one of the many available typologies of power, J. R. P. French and and B. Raven (‘The Bases of Social Power’, in D. Cartwright ( ed… Salem Witchcraft Trials Mass. Ct. Oyer & Terminer 1692-1693 , Beginning in 1621 Puritans moved from England to settle in the American colonies, particularly in the area of New England. Their goal was to create c… Compurgation , Compurgation is a judicial proof of innocence commonly permitted in medieval ecclesiastical courts. Owing something to Germanic law, but deriving fro… Adalbert , Adalbert (ca. 740 C.E.)
A French pseudo-mystic of the eighth century. He boasted that an angel brought him relics of extraordinary sanctity from all…
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